Posted on 02/27/2006 1:04:17 PM PST by Stoat
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My guess mirrors that of many posters on this thread so far, in that it's most likely the product of a marketing / advertising brainstorm session fuelled by some 'special reserve' Single Malt :-)
I think you're right. Great answer -- thanks.
You're quite welcome, and thank you for your kind and complimentary words :-)
In Alaska we use to mix Everclear 95% with juices from, cranberries, blueberries, raspberries, watermelon berries, fireweed honey. (no bees involved in this honey) And had the audacity to call those concoctions liquors, damn wonder we lived through all those winters and wild snow machining.
Fireweed honey recipe:
http://www.alaska-wintercabin.com/recipes.html
There was an article here many moons ago where somebody invented an express aging process for whiskey. They nuke it with microwaves, zap it with electricity, or sumfin.
I was thinking the exact same thing... We used to make "Atomic Jello" with it...
Mark
What a crock!
What a crock!
Yes, either the author was an utterly gutless wimp or he was trying to discourage the production of this particular blend because he was terrified that it might catch on and be the death knell of society as he knew it :-) (or both)
Maybe the "spoon" they had in mind was the sort used for stirring large cauldrons of stew.
I wonder if that's an urban legend. How would you ever get the gelatin to dissolve in Everclear.
I was thinking the exact same thing... We used to make "Atomic Jello" with it...
From this web page:
"Warning: Can be lethal when used as shots or substituted for water in Jello shooters. " |
I'm delighted that you survived your Atomic Jello experiences and lived to become a valued and contributing FReeper :-)
An excellent point. Too bad the article didn't clarify such an essential element of the story.
Perhaps Hitlery will partake of two spoonfuls.
Although it's certainly a nice thought, it would deprive us all of the magical and delightful experience of witnessing Condi kicking her fat butt in the 2008 election :-)
True!
probably half a Coors Light that's been delivered out to the east coast, to boot!
A nearly pure alcohol like Everclear is useful for creating your own cordials/liqueurs. I'm actually planning on brewing up some of my own, replacing the sugar normally found in them with Splenda to make them more low-carb friendly. You essentially create a flavor base, and then add grain alcohol and distilled water in proportions to meet the target alcohol percentage, and then let the mixture age for a while (length depends on the particular recipe -- usually 2 weeks to 3 months) before using.
Ha! I think the author meant "ladle" not SPOON.
Link doesn't work.
Thanks for bringing this to my attention.
I found a listing for the article among a listing of most popular items here, but this link to the article also isn't working at the moment.
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I suppose it's either a matter of a server problem or perhaps they have taken the article offline for some reason.....perhaps because they realized that they are LYING about the Secret Service?
At times like this I am so happy that Free Republic is here and set up to accept HTML postings because it allows us to archive complete articles, formatted exactly as they originally appeared, which is what I posted in this case. I didn't edit or abridge the article in any way, so what you see posted here at FR is the entire content of the original article.
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